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Humbled by a yuppie biker
Last night I took my wife out to dinner. We were stopped at a light on the way home. A group of yuppie (weekend) bikers pulled up next to us & stopped. One of the bikers is looking at my SC & turns to one of the other bikers & says " Hey man, that's the kind of Porsche I want to own". I looked at my wife & smiled & thought "Thats cool! This biker knows SC's. In the bikers second sentence He says " Ya, an old dude is driving it." Whoa, this guy want's my car because an old dude is driving it. Who the hell could this guy be talking about ? Could he mean Me? My wife & I started laughing. We were laughing so hard that I couldn't respond to the biker when the light changed. I guess we all need a dose of reality & humility from time to time.
Craig
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How old are you Craig?....I've got a minerva blue SC too. I'm 37.
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55, I don't think that's way old ! I was driving sorta slow prior to stopping at the light. When my wife is in the car, she complains about how loud the 2 out GHL is when going through the gears, yada yada. To keep peace when she is in the car (not that often) I drive conservatively.
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Hell Craig.. you're not old at all.... I am 30 and I'll be driving my SC till the time the Dr, marks the Time/ Date on My medical records! HAHAHAH!
Enjoy her/ I wish you're wish would let ya drive her the way ya like, EVEN when she was in the car, I am sure she would if she knew how much joy it brought ya! Eric Mckenna 78SC
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Hey Craig: What's old?? I'm 50 and sitting here listening the Stone's (Sympathy for the Devil )as I'm typing. Your holding on just fine with that ride. Have Fun!
Pleased to meet you Bob 
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I'm 45. When I grow up, I want to be the old dude driving the 550 in the Porsche Boxster commercial .....
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Thanks, for the kind words. When I'm working on or driving my SC, old age is the furthest thing from my mind. I'm planning to do my first DE at Sebring later this year with one of my sons. I have almost completed the restoration & the upgrades on the car to be track ready. I want to be the old dude in the 550 also!! Eric, it's cool that my wife does not understand the porsche mystique. She is way generous in allowing me to spend more time & money on the car than I should. Bob, I like your choice in tunes, Craig
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Craig? Let's face it...we all get "old". But it's relative...for me, it was the first time, at age 30 or so, a female fast food employee called me "sir"....gawd that hurt. Now, at 59? It's if I'm automatically given a "senior discount". You're driving an SC? I'm driving a '72S? Who cares if these young blobs of fetal tissue think we're old? Goferit, man! We only travel through this world once. Only now that we're "old"...we have more money!
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02-16-2003, 05:33 PM
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you are old!!
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Having a hobby like ours is what keeps you young, IMO. I hope that I am driving a 911 and enjoying it when I am 80, God willing.
I'm 43, and if some youngster calls me old, I tell 'em, "Yeah, and if you want to experience old age you'd better respect your elders right now".
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How old do youy have to be to die of old age ?
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A 911 on a great driving road and the tunes (R&R) up loud will help keep ya young. I'll be hitting 48 in a couple of months.
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47 and still listen to AC/DC, Robin Trower, Joe Satriani, Pink Floyed ect.....ect...... and on my second Porsche, first 911, love the cd cranked while driving the SoCal twisties keeps me felling alive!
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As Warren Zevon said..."I'm too old to die young, too young to die now."
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"A group of yuppie (weekend) bikers" = organ donors....
I would have never have appreciated what a Porsche is when I was in my 20's. Probably would have hurt myself or someone else showing off. I see it as a divine intervention that I couldn't afford it then. At 46, it just makes me smile. 
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god you guys are old...
I'm not even 30 yet. sjd
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You guys arn't old! You all are just "More Mature" than many others!!!
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At 53 YO I prefer ...vintage myself. Hey Craig, where in Clearwater are you. I live just past the SH spa. I know I have seen your car around town. Silver 70 S Targa. Looks like you shot that picture at Phillipe Park. You must be close to me.
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Paul, you haven't been here in a past life
 oh ah never mind.... When I grow up I want to be Steve Mcqueen, except that wouldn't give me much time to live!
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At 56 something I'm just about out of puberty.
A lot of people refer to second childhood....can't imagine that at all...I'm not finished with my first one yet. Remember....the man with the most toys when he dies...wins! LOL Bob
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